SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

notar

to note (make a written record of and/or purposefully commit to memory)

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

notar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yonoto
túnotas
él / ella / ustednota
nosotros / nosotrasnotamos
vosotros / vosotrasnotáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesnotan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

notar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yonoté
túnotaste
él / ella / ustednotó
nosotros / nosotrasnotamos
vosotros / vosotrasnotasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesnotaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

notar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yonotaba
túnotabas
él / ella / ustednotaba
nosotros / nosotrasnotábamos
vosotros / vosotrasnotabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesnotaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

notar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yonotaré
túnotarás
él / ella / ustednotará
nosotros / nosotrasnotaremos
vosotros / vosotrasnotaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesnotarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

notar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yonotaría
túnotarías
él / ella / ustednotaría
nosotros / nosotrasnotaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasnotaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesnotarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

notar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yonote
túnotes
él / ella / ustednote
nosotros / nosotrasnotemos
vosotros / vosotrasnotéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesnoten

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to note (make a written record of and/or purposefully commit to memory)
  • (reflexive) to show, to be noticed, to become obvious

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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